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obnoxious

[uhb-nok-shuhs]

adjective

  1. highly objectionable or offensive; odious.

    obnoxious behavior.

    Antonyms:
  2. annoying or objectionable due to being a show-off or attracting undue attention to oneself.

    an obnoxious little brat.

  3. Archaic.exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.

  4. Obsolete.liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.



obnoxious

/ əˈɒʃə /

adjective

  1. extremely unpleasant

  2. obsoleteexposed to harm, injury, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • obnoxiously adverb
  • obnoxiousness noun
  • unobnoxious adjective
  • unobnoxiously adverb
  • DzˈԴdz澱dzܲ adverb
  • DzˈԴdz澱dzܲԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obnoxious1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin DzԴdz澱ōܲ “harmful,” equivalent to ob- “to, toward, against,” + Դdz澱ōܲ “hڳܱ”; ob-, noxious
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obnoxious1

C16: from Latin obnoxius, from ob- to + noxa injury, from Դdzŧ to harm
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Synonym Study

See hateful.
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Example Sentences

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There were some obnoxious, self righteous people there — after all, every protest has them.

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"I was an obnoxious little teenager," she said with a laugh.

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With apologies to Felicity, the film’s mutt is so obnoxious that you can’t wait for the inevitable moment when it disappears from the story.

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Trump's lies are especially obnoxious, because the press keeps getting hold of memos circulated by U.S. intelligence agencies that make clear that no part of Trump's conspiracy theory is true.

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In a stunning display of obnoxious presumptuousness, the secretary of state and the vice president of the United States decided they needed to weigh in on that decision:

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